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Grant-funded program allows for courthouse security evaluation
Officials from the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office and many who will work in the new Rockingham County Justice Center received helpful suggestions about security from Peggy Schaefer, a project specialist with the North Carolina
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:06A
Feds investigating mental-health system
JACKSON -- The US Justice Department is investigating whether Mississippi's mental-health system is discriminating against disabled people by funding large psychiatric institutions at the expense of community-based care.
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:05A
SIDELINES: Brewer a hockey misfit in Class B
As for justice, the defeat likely didn't disappoint too many folks outside of Brewer. "Brewer is a great team," Messalonskee coach Mike Latendresse. "And if they are in Class B or A they'd still be a great team. But if you want to be the best,
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:04A
Open records requests in NC can drag on and on
City officials did not immediately comply, saying they were seeking an opinion from the NC Department of Justice. City attorneys and other public agencies argued they did not believe the law applied to retroactive records and that only newly created
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:04A
Froma Harrop: Who's missing in Utah immigration deal
That legislation went down in flames because the broader public saw it as heavy on amnesty and light on enforcement of existing immigration laws. Make no mistake. America desperately needs immigration reform. And to work, it would have to pair an
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:04A
Arizona-style Immigration reform bill passes in South Carolina
South Carolina lawmakers voted to pass an immigration reform bill aimed at providing police officers the authority to check the legal status of individuals with whom they come in contact. The bill, which was crafted on a controversial immigration law
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:04A
Reject attempts to remove Planned Parenthood funds
As a Unitarian Universalist, I recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every person and seek to promote justice, equity and compassion in human relations. With my Christian heritage, I choose to do unto others as I would have them do unto me.
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:04A
Fake Tagore paintings kick up a controversy
After the infamous heist of Tagore's Nobel prize from the Tagore museum at Shantiniketan, there was a furore in the country. With the loss of Nobel, a big slice of Tagoreana has been lost forever. Now, it is another occasion of shame.
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:01A
Attack on Sri Lankan team: Punjab refuses to punish 'negligent' police officers
A commission headed by Justice Shabir Raza Rizvi was formed on March 11, 2009, to investigate the causes of the lax security for the team. At a Senate committee on sports hearing last Tuesday to review the status of the recommendations made by Justice
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:01A
Rift in PPP
Islamabad —PPP leadership has been divided into two groups with one supporting holding of protest demonstrations against the dismissal of NAB Chairman Justice Rtd Deedar Hussain Shah and the other opposing it. According reports several PPP leaders
Updated: 03/13/2011 12:01A
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